Press condemnations of the assassination of al-Haidari..Houthi silences free Tihama and pursues the voices of the north

English - Thursday 16 June 2022 الساعة 05:02 pm
Aden, NewsYemen, special:

The Yemeni journalist community in general, and Al-Tohamy in particular, condemned the assassination of Al-Hudaydi journalist Saber Al-Haidari, on Wednesday evening, by targeting a terrorist, in the third crime targeting Al-Hodeidah journalists in the same way, within the Houthi approach, killing, arresting and displacing media professionals in the north under his authority.

Fingers were pointed at the terrorist Houthi militia, which follows the same approach to liquidate its opponents, as it pursues anyone who tries to convey the voices of Yemenis in its areas of control to the world through abuse and assassination. 

Al-Tuhamy and Yemen journalistic circles were devastated at the beginning of November of 2021, by the terrorist incident against “Mahmoud Al-Atami”, one of the most active journalists in Al-Hodeidah Governorate, displaced in Aden, which resulted in the killing of the media, Rasha Al-Atami’s wife and her unborn child, and her husband being seriously injured, by targeting their car with an explosive device.  Placed below the car's gas tank to kill as many as possible in its surroundings during the explosion. 

The targeting of Al-Atami is the second after the assassination of the journalist Ziad Al-Sharabi, who was martyred in the explosion of a motorcycle in Mocha, early 2019, and he is a montage technician at Abu Dhabi Channel, when an explosive device exploded in the market of Mocha city, which also led to the injury of journalist Faisal Al-Dhahabani, Abu Dhabi channel correspondent in Yemen.  .

Journalists considered the assassination of Al-Haidari in Aden, a heinous and condemned crime, bearing all the hallmarks of the crime and treachery machine, which is the Houthi movement.

Political journalist Saeed Bakran said, Al-Houthi follows the free youth of Tihama, who convey to the world the news of Tihama, its issues and pains under his authority, and the voice of the north under his grip.

He pointed out that Al-Houthi wants to silence every dissonant voice that does not collude with him or betray his commitment to his land.  Saber Al-Haidari, Mahmoud Al-Atami Tohamion said no to Iran's terrorism.

He denounced tying up Iran's allies in the name of legitimacy, Aden and all of the south, and handing them over to it everything related to information, so that it could easily know its target and reach it whenever it wanted.

And he said: journalist Mahmoud Al-Atmi - who was previously targeted by the Houthi militia in the capital, Aden, in the same way, and resulted in the death of his wife and her fetus and seriously injured - in a tweet, "Al-Houthi is pursuing everyone who tries to convey the voices of Yemenis in areas of his control to the world."

He added, I do not know how Saber's family will face life after him and what future awaits his children, but I know that heaven's justice will befall the cowardly killers and that day will come soon.

Journalist Bassim Al-Janani said, in a tweet, that journalist Saber Al-Haidari was assassinated by detonating his car in the center of the city of Aden, and this is the second incident targeting journalists in the same way, noting that it is a tragedy in which an innocent young man was victimized by an organized crime and sponsored by political forces for the purpose of intimidating society and breaking the voice of opinion

He stressed that it is organized terrorism that condemns specific parties until their innocence is proven.

And he added in his tweet, Saber Al-Haidari, from Al-Hodeidah, I had never known him and was very sad for him, and the hands of fools are still targeting journalists and media professionals in Aden.

For his part, journalist Ashraf Al-Mansh said that Al-Houthi sends messages of death from the assassination of journalist Saber Al-Haidari Ibn Al-Hodeidah.

He added: We are well aware that the approach of planting explosives in journalists' cars has occupied the Houthi terrorist cells with the aim of silencing the media's voice about reporting the crimes of their leaders.  Peace be upon your soul, Saber, and the souls of all those who were assassinated by the terrorism of Iran's mercenaries.

It is worth noting that Saber was born in Hodeidah, where he was an employee of the Yemeni Ministry of Information until the Houthi takeover of Sanaa in 2014.  Wednesday, an explosive device planted in his car.